2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark Wilderness Act. The 1964 Wilderness Act created the National Wilderness Preservation System, which protects nearly 110 million acres of wilderness areas from coast to coast, including Minnesota's own Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Join geographers, technology developers and Hennepin County community members to build apps, websites or other technologies that improve county services, give residents greater access to government data and make a difference in our communities. Interested? Learn more and register now for Geo:Code.

Minnesota High School students agonizing over college and technical school choices can now look at data to see which academic programs have higher placement rates and income of recent graduates. Check out the app at Minnesota DEED.